MuniWireless

It’s been a long time since I’ve written about Lompoc, California which has been unfairly branded a “failure”. The city does have a citywide Wi-Fi network (called LompocNet) and it does NOT have a FTTH network, which I reported back in 2004 when they were thinking of spending several million dollars for a high-speed broadband network.

Here’s the latest on Lompoc’s muni Wi-Fi network:

Lompoc, California is trying to make its citywide wireless broadband service work harder by attracting and keeping more customers. The city has replaced its previous network management system with a new one from Aptilo and claims that Aptilo’s system now allows to city to manage its network better, including being able identify where problems occur, when customers call in. The city has also stopped using outside firms to manage the network. Now, instead of needing 4000 subscribers to break even,…

Mike Siminski, Lompoc city council member, says the article calling the Lompoc network a failure based on subscriber numbers is inaccurate because they have not even officially launched the network and have done no advertising. Mike Siminski, Lompoc city council member, says the article calling the Lompoc network a failure based on subscriber numbers is inaccurate because they have not even officially launched the network and have done no advertising. He adds: We won’t need 4000-plus signups as originally thought.…

Lompoc, California’s “city of arts and flowers,” will offer its citizens a subscription-based wireless broadband network designed to grow as usage grows.Lompoc, Calif., will offer its citizens a subscription-based wireless broadband network designed to grow as usage grows. The city, which is 155 miles north of Los Angeles, will outsource ongoing monitoring and support of the network to Siemens HiPath Managed Services under a three-year contract.

The company will support the network from remote NOCs in Hoffman Estates, Ill., and Irving,…